WOMAN SHOT BY MISTAKE

A man shot his wife twice Tuesday after mistaking her for a burglar in their home near West Palm Beach, police said.

Bonnie Bowden of 3942 Chickamauga Ave., in the Westgate development, was in stable condition in Humana Hospital Palm Beaches with gunshot wounds to the chest and left forearm, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Jack Maxwell.

The woman got out of bed about 3 a.m. as her husband, John, 51, continued sleeping. She went into the bathroom and stopped in the living room to adjust the air conditioning, he said.

"Apparently, Mr. Bowden woke up and saw a shadow on the wall," Maxwell said. "Thinking it was a burglar, he picked up a revolver from a night table next to his bed and fired three shots."